Has Grover Norquist learned anything? He’s got the pledges from many Republicans to never raise taxes. I’m not exactly sure what the penalty for violating the pledge is but signing it seems to be the price for getting GOP party backing.

I hope that the Republicans will come out of their ideological bubbles and actually look at some data, some science and some facts. If we can’t agree on what the problems are, solving them becomes impossible. I’d like to say that I am optimistic about this. I’m not sure that I am. I am more in a let’s wait and see mode.